MOSS POINT, Miss. -- Police have arrested a minor in the shooting of an A & A Food Mart store clerk in Moss Point, according to Chief Brandon Ashley.

On Wednesday just after 11 p.m., police arrested 16-year-old Darius Melun Bland, of Moss Point where he is charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault.

Bland entered the convenience store just after 1 a.m. on Sept. 12 where he and the clerk were involved in a shootout. According to the clerk, Bland brandished a firearm and demanded money from the cash register.

The victim brandished his firearm and shots were exchanged between the two. Bland allegedly shot the man in his abdomen and fled the scene.

According to Ashley, Bland is currently on bond for a 2017 armed robbery attempt in the City of D'Iberville.

Investigators received numerous tips through Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers and the department phone lines after releasing photos of the suspect to local media, per Ashley.

The victim remains in critical, but stable condition as of 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

Bland is currently housed at the Jackson County Adult Detention Center on bond of $150,000. He is being charged as an adult.

Anyone with additional information about this crime is asked to contact Detective Kimberlee Snowden or the Moss Point Police Department at 228-475-1711.

You may also contact Crime Stoppers at 800-787-5898 or visit the Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers website at mscoastcrimestoppers.com.